Nasal pack



H. C. RIORDAN July 9, 1935.

NASAL PACK Filed Jan. 26, 1953 C ELI-09HANE amuemtoz How/W0 RmRbA/v Patented July 9, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NASAL PACK Howard C. Riordan, Chicago, Ill.

Application January 26, 1933, Serial No. 653,705

2 Claims.

My present invention in its broad aspect has to do with improvements in means for packing the nose of a person before an operation thereon takes place. At the present time the packing is done with absorbent cotton prepared by an attendant -nurse, and it takes both time and care, and a minute attention to cleanliness; furthermore such packs are difficult to remove when saturated.

My present invention contemplates the provision of a made up or pack unit permanently wrapped and protected by tissue, gauze, cellophane or the like, and having means in conjunction therewith for removing the individual packs, thereby eliminating to a large degree the time and care necessary to be exercised by the nurse and also keeping the packs in a sanitary condition ready for use at all times. My pack unit may be made up and sold with any desired number of individual packs, and any desired stitching may be applied to hold the absorbent cotton on its wrapper and provide strings to withdraw the pack when saturated. Furthermore the cover of the pack unit may be made up of cellophane or any other desired material such as gauze or tissue.

Other and equally important objects of my nasal pack will appear as the detailed description proceeds; and the right is especially reserved to make such changes in details of construction such as do not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims.

In the drawing wherein is illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention;--

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pack unit opened up with scissors in place to sever an individual pack;

Figure 2 is a view of my pack folded up;

Figure 3 is a detail view of an individual pack, and

Figure 4 is another detailed view of an individual pack, a cellophane wrapper being used.

In the drawing wherein like characters of reference are used to designate like or similar parts throughout the several views:

The numeral (l) designates a strip of antiseptic absorbent cotton, and (2) a backing or wrapper therefor. The wrapper (2) may be formed of tissue, gauze, cellophane or any other desirable material. The strip of antiseptic absorbent cotton is attached by stitching (3) at regular intervals adjacent one edge of the wrapper (2), and the wrapper may be marked as at (4) to indicate equal transverse sections of the same as shown in' Figure 1.

In attaching the absorbent strip (I) the pattern of stitching may be triangular or linear, or any other suitable design, and the ends of the threads, designated (5) are considerably extended, so that these threads form means for withdrawing strips of packing from the nose as will be hereinafter described. In practice the pack unit is designed to be cut up in individual packs a bc-d -efg-h along the dividing lines (4) by scissors (6) or the like, in which case each individual unit will have a backing or wrapper (2) a strip of antiseptic absorbent cotton (I) and threads or cords (5) for manipulating the same. When not in use the pack may be folded up on itself as shown in Figure 2 to prevent contamination, and to keep the cotton strip always in sanitary condition.

In operation my individual packs are designed for use in nasal operations. Heretofore wads of cotton have been prepared by a nurse. My present pack is designed to be a unit on the instrument table, and individual packs may be out off with scissors as used, and when a nasal pack has become saturated it may be withdrawn easily by merelygrasping the threads (5) My invention is simple, compact, and inexpensive and fills a long felt want in the operating room.

While in the foregoing I have shown and described a specific form of my invention, it is again emphasized that certain changes may be made as to shape and materials used, and the like, without departing from the spirit of my invention; therefore in determining the scope of my invention reference should be had to the ap pended claims.

I claim:-

1. A multiple nasal pack unit comprising a flexible wrapper, a strip of antiseptic absorbent material attached to the wrapper along one edge only, by units of stitching located at spaced regular intervals; the pack unit adapted to be cut up into individual nasal packs along transverse lines between the units of stitching, and several lengths of thread extending from the stitching to provide handy means for removing individual packs from a patients nose.

2. A foldable multiple pack unit comprising a flexible wrapper, a strip of antiseptic absorbent material attached to the wrapper along one edge thereof only, and the foregoing elements adapted to be folded on themselves when not in use with the wrapper outwards to shield the strip of antiseptic material; separate units of stitching at regular, spaced intervals along one edge of the wrapper and strip to hold the same together, thread extending outwardly therefrom when the pack is opened up, and the pack adapted to be out along lines between'the stitched units to form individual nasal packs.

HOWARD C. RIORDAN. 

